Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-08-13


While II. zola's possible production about NIL.
liners remains in an embryottc condition, the
great realistic writer has been anticipated BY n.
lie Roux, who gives an admirable sketch Of The or
binary life and labors OF the Lutetian miiliner.
According to him the ranks OF the nsodistes are
largely recruited from schoolmistresses who can
not ind pupils daughters OF theatrical people who
40 not like to expose their children to the pef1s Of
tne stage, and persons whose parents have come
gown IN the world. Never does the Partisan mil
Hner allow herself to be called an o,,riere. she Is
On the contrary. denoiseue, and the very poor
est OF these dsmotsettes would die rather than
cross the street like workg1ri, that is TO say,
millinery, dignity is 50 much thought Of that the
staircase leading to the ,nodfstes' rooms Is often
marked "escdlier DIES artistes."
me apprentice mflliner, who has paid pre-
mum, ID allowed to sew wire around hats ana 70
mork on OLD models, while the charity apprenuce
VI @soaon picks up pins from the door Of the
mes parcels for the arm all over Paris. After
ABOUT TWO years apprenticeship the blossoming
ears aa fb an ae her
vatlon 70 the rank of gasnissease. These the gar
nsssenseS are the stars OF the profession. They
are at first nights at theaterS scanning with close
scrutiny the dresses Of the actresses who, ike
4! MARIE Magnler, have new costume for each scene
Ia when they appear. They attend fashionable
weddings at the Madeleine, and even hunt about
the 0ookshops and stalls on the quhys, peering
S Ss thesa engravngs Notso well PAID
a.
zeal OF TACT an eye for form and color and be able
70 mt on the taste OF customers to a n1cety.
addition to their other accom- lishments, receive
as much as El20 per annum In good houses. A
lew Oh tne sellers" are also employed In soliciting
orders for their houses. Milners are divided into
Two classes those i'll the shops and those In apart
mentS or private rooms The modiste en- bout que
is not a creator OF fashions, so she generally
SenuS one OF her most looking assist
ants as a customer into the private rooms OF the
leaQng mli1nerS In order to ask for the novelties
OF the season. Sometimes the trick is discovered.
ana vengeance is taken In many ways peculiar to
the inventive female mind. ON one occasion q
premiere, or forewOman, from miiliner's shop
was identified by q fashionable Madame Mantalini
In her room, and was locked up In a closet where
She received bread and water for her sustenance,
un1ll her mistress had to come, crestfallen and
sidelights OF the life OF Paris millIners but the
subject might easily be enlarged upon.
About Bsald Heads.
Mr.. G. II. Wheeler, president of the British
Psychological Association, writing from st.
LeOnards-On-Sea to the London Standard on the
subject OF badness says:
"Will you permit me, as trichologist OF over
twenty years experience and practice, to inform
your readers that 1t is not fact that the future
man Will be bald any more than the coming man
VIII pc consumptive, equity, or nervous? There
Will always be a certain number OF bald persons;
put II those suffering from loss OF hair, before 1t
gets too bad, would adopt rational hygiene, and
give up fads and deleterOus habits OF Keeping the
hair and skin OF the scalp dry and free from oily
substance, they would be taking the best means
to prevent the Increase OF that number. l can
prove that pure grease OF any kind Is a great as
si5tance In maintaining the balance between
waste and repair In the functions OF the hair, and
especially when induced by constipation, morbid
DIGESTION or morbid state OF the nervous system.
Bathing the head every day in cold water also
causes loss OF hair, and SO does having cold water
after hot when one is being shampoOed, rrOm the
changes which 1t induces in the network or capil-
iares tnat surround the hair papilise. Hair brush
Ing by machinery, am sure, is responsible for
hundreds OF bald heads.
"At certain periods OF life there Is in some per-
sons an innate disposition for the skin and hair
ioillcies to take on diseased action as is proved
by the different forms OF aLrOphy aud degenera-
tlon We so often meet WITH even In the apparently
ROBUST, In our everyday practice. The British
chronological Association to which l nave the
honor 10 Dciong, has offered prize or gold medal
and diploma or honor for the Instructive and
exhaustive treatise on hair and scalp diseases,
watch hope will be the means Of diffuslng more
Know edge OF great value both to the profession
and pubic, Tor up to the present time there Is
scientific work on hair disease. Our Mateiia
Medica Is rich in remedies, but require to know
more how TO use them. l feel sure that many now
bald need not be SO.